HR 1019

112th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 1019

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are killed or wounded in combat zones.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 10, 2011

Mr. ROONEY (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are killed or wounded in combat zones.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN CERTAIN ATTACKS DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE OF A COMBAT ZONE.

(a) Treatment of Members and Civilians Killed or Wounded in Certain 2009 Attacks- For purposes of all applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies, a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense who was killed or wounded in an attack specified in subsection (b) shall be deemed as follows:

(1) In the case of a member, to have been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States.

(2) In the case of a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, to have been killed or wounded as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States while serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency operation.

(b) Covered Attacks- Subsection (a) applies to the following:

(1) The attack that occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009.

(2) The attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009.

(3) The attack that occurred at the Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on March 2, 2011.

(c) Exception- Subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense whose death or wound was the result of the misconduct of the member or employee, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

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